From the Finest Dies of the Period
Sale: Triton X, Lot: 363. Estimate $5000. Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007. Sold For $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLANDS off CARIA, Rhodos. Rhodes. Circa 229-205 BC. AR Tetradrachm (13.29 g, 12h). Ameinias, magistrate. Radiate head of Helios facing slightly right /
[RODIW]N, rose with bud to right; prow to left,
AMEINI-AS flanking stem. Ashton 212; SNG Keckman 542; SNG Copenhagen 759; BMC 134; SNG von Aulock 2799. Near EF, lightly toned. Exceptional strike in high relief from the finest dies of this period.
From the Sunrise Collection.